15 must-read fiction books like The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

Cover of The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

By: Emily Croy Barker

4.20

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

An imaginative story of a woman caught in an alternate world--where she will need to learn the skil…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Waking Land (The Waking Land, #1) by Callie Bates

1. The Waking Land (The Waking Land, #1)

By: Callie Bates

3.39

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Lady Elanna Valtai is fiercely devoted to the King who raised her like a daughter. But when he dies… read more

Similar categories in Callie Bates's The Waking Land (The Waking Land, #1) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"This is why magic is dangerous. It lures you in. It makes you curious."

-Callie Bates, The Waking Land (The Waking Land, #1)

"Unhappiness in one place doesn't breed happiness elsewhere. It just breeds more unhappiness."

-Callie Bates, The Waking Land (The Waking Land, #1)

Cover of Aerie (Magonia, #2) by Maria Dahvana Headley

2. Aerie (Magonia, #2)

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

3.43

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Where is home when you were born in the stars? Aza Ray is back on earth. Her boyfriend Jason is … read more

Similar categories in Maria Dahvana Headley's Aerie (Magonia, #2) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
"You are strong enough to sing as you wish, not as your pain has forced to. You aren't your hurt. You're other than that. You are not the broken things you've been."

-Maria Dahvana Headley, Aerie (Magonia, #2)

"You are strong enough to sing as you wish, not as your pain has forced you to. You aren't your hurt. You're other than that. You are not the broken things you've been."

-Maria Dahvana Headley, Aerie (Magonia, #2)

"Maybe we're brokenhearted, but why isn't it rational to have a broken heart? It is utter shit out there, the things you can't control. The world is full of wrongs, and mess and distress and horror. W…"

-Maria Dahvana Headley, Aerie (Magonia, #2)

"Love is not this simple thing. Love isn't this obvious thing. It's not about that first moment of knowing. It's about what you keep doing after you break each other's hearts. It's about choosing each…"

-Maria Dahvana Headley, Aerie (Magonia, #2)

Cover of Gunpowder Alchemy (The Gunpowder Chronicles #1) by Jeannie Lin

3. Gunpowder Alchemy (The Gunpowder Chronicles #1)

By: Jeannie Lin

4.00

Format: 50 pages,

In 1842, the gunpowder might of China's Qing Dynasty fell to Britain's steam engines. Furious, the … read more

Similar categories in Jeannie Lin's Gunpowder Alchemy (The Gunpowder Chronicles #1) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • fantasy
Cover of Letters For Lucardo by None, Otava Heikkilä

4. Letters For Lucardo

By: None , Otava Heikkilä

4.18

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

Ed Fiedler is a common man. 61 years old and employed as a scribe in a royal palace, his most regul… read more

Similar categories in None's Letters For Lucardo book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • fantasy
Cover of Matilda Bone by Trina Schart Hyman, Karen Cushman

5. Matilda Bone

By: Trina Schart Hyman , Karen Cushman

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Newbery medalist Karen Cushman assembles a cast of unforgettable characters in a fascinating and pu… read more

Similar categories in Trina Schart Hyman's Matilda Bone book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • fiction
Cover of The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

6. The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

By: Emily Croy Barker

4.20

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

An imaginative story of a woman caught in an alternate world--where she will need to learn the skil… read more

Similar categories in Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal

7. The Witches of the Blue Well: Thoughts on Writing The Winter Witch

By: Paula Brackston

3.00

Format: None pages, ebook

A captivating new original 20-page short story by Paula Brackston, author of The Witch's Daughter, … read more

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8. Zahrah the Windseeker

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the northern Ooni Kingdom, fear of the unknown runs deep, and children born dada are rumored to … read more

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Cover of The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox

9. The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

By: Hester Fox

3.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful sec… read more

Similar categories in Hester Fox's The Last Heir to Blackwood Library book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
Cover of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) by Heather Fawcett

10. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.02

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and dis… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"How was it that I suddenly had faerie kings, plural, demanding to marry me?"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"I could not tell if he was terrible at drawing cats or if he simply had a terrible cat."

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"Shadow padded up to me and put his head on my knee, all forgiven, as it always is with dogs. If I frightened my cat as I had Shadow, she'd ignore me for days, or possibly put a curse on me, but then …"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"And you shall shut yourself away forever in those old stones with your books and your mysteries like a dragon with her hoard, having as little association with the living as possible and emerging onl…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

Cover of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

11. Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.83

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's Starling House book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • adult
  • fantasy
"You’re a pretty good liar"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Survival is a hard habit to break."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

Cover of Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) by Heather Fawcett

12. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

Cover of Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13) by Seanan McGuire

13. Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seanan McGuire's New York Times -bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid serie… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • magic
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

14. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang

15. Jumpnauts

By: Hao Jingfang

3.33

Format: 368 pages, ebook

From the Hugo Award­–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in… read more

Similar categories in Hao Jingfang's Jumpnauts book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Ren."

-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts

"I reject aspects of Confucianism that emphasize hierarchy in relations, obedience to authority, and all the rites and restrictive rules of propriety,"

-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts

"Chang Tian chuckled. “When I was in the kitchen, I heard the three of you debate ‘good relationships.’ My goodness, you’re all theory with no practical knowledge at all. What do you know about health…"

-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts

Cover of The Witch Hitch (A Cupcake Coven Romance, #2) by Elizabeth  Bass

16. The Witch Hitch (A Cupcake Coven Romance, #2)

By: Elizabeth Bass

3.48

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In A Letter to Three Witches, Elizabeth Bass introduced the sleepy college town of Zenobia, New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bass's The Witch Hitch (A Cupcake Coven Romance, #2) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

17. Escape Velocity

By: Victor Manibo

3.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more

Similar categories in Victor Manibo's Escape Velocity book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

18. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

By: Sangu Mandanna

4.11

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family… read more

Similar categories in Sangu Mandanna's The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
"The thing is, being a witch is extraordinary,"

-Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

"That was some excellent Mary Poppins shit right there."

-Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

"I can’t transform the world, Jamie. The world’s too big and too messy and too stubborn."

-Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

"Trust is earned." "It is. But that’s only possible if someone’s willing to give you a chance."

-Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Cover of An Enchanting Case of Spirits by Melissa Holtz

19. An Enchanting Case of Spirits

By: Melissa Holtz

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navig… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Holtz's An Enchanting Case of Spirits book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
Cover of Totality (Eclipsed Evolution, #2) by Kim Harrison

20. Totality (Eclipsed Evolution, #2)

By: Kim Harrison

4.20

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

After a solar eclipse opens a way between our world and a paranormal realm, and the dark side of fi… read more

Similar categories in Kim Harrison's Totality (Eclipsed Evolution, #2) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Lucero (Nocturna, #3) by Maya Motayne

21. Lucero (Nocturna, #3)

By: Maya Motayne

4.12

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling finale to the #1 Sunday Times and Los Angeles Times bestselling Nocturna trilogy—a sw… read more

Similar categories in Maya Motayne's Lucero (Nocturna, #3) book and Emily Croy Barker's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

  • romance
  • fantasy

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